Aug. 29, 2009 - Feel Good Potato Soup
Wow, it is actually a bit chilly today. The kids are all outside in sweatpants and sweatshirts and hubby must feel it too because he's doing the normal outside fall chores. This could only mean one thing. It's time for my potato soup. This is one of those "feel good" soups my mother use to make and she would add pieces of chicken. I would always ask my mother to make this when I was feeling down and needed a pick-me-up. Now I make it on fall gloomy days. I think we're going to have an early winter. And like last year, it's probably going to be a long one. Ugh. So here is my recipe for Potato Soup.
1 large onion, 10 small potatoes, 5 tbsp butter, 5 - 7 cloves of garlic, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 pkg frozen carrots (ours wasn't ready from the garden yet), 1/2 a large zuccinni, simmer with lid on.
While that is simmering, cook up your chicken breast. I use 3. Don't forget to season your meat on both sides. When done, slice, chop and throw them in with your vegetables and add about 3 C of chicken broth and 3 C of milk. Season with 3 tsp of parsley flakes and 1 tsp of oregano. ( I don't actually measure, I eyeball.) Let simmer for atleast 1 hr.
Enjoy.
